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April 11, 1944. F. GINSBERG CONTAINER Filed March' 19, 1942 1I7LU67LZ07- Fred 6672,65

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Patented Apr. 11, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CONTAINER FredGinsberg, Chicago, Ill.

Application March 19, 1942, Serial No. 435,422

1 Claim.

This invention relates to containers or packs for cigarettes, callingcards or the like.

Particularlyin carrying cigarettes it is desir able to provide a packwhich will retain at least twenty cigarettes and maintain them in apersons pocket without crushing. In cases where the container has beenmade of leather or a soft flexible material it has been impossible tomaintain the cigarettes against crushing. However with this invention Ihave provided a very simple neat and compact container in which a pairof pockets are provided, the construction being such that a pair ofwalls are formed adjacent each other which provide sufiicient supportfor maintaining the two rows of cigarettes against crushing.

Another object is to provide a container or pack which is simple inconstruction, inexpensive to manufacture, attractive in appearance andwhich though formed of a flexible material has sufiicient body tomaintain cigarettes so that same are not crushed when carried.

In the drawing:

Fig 1 is a perspective view'of my container showing same in closedposition.

Fig. 2 is a view of the container showing same in the process ofassembly.

Fig. 3 is a view of the container with the flap in open position, and

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The pack or container is formed from a single piece of material l suchas leather or the like. It is folded longitudinally as at l I and I2 toform a pair of inside sections l3 and I4 and an outside section I5. Theedge Ma of the section l4 overlaps the edge I301. of the section I3 andis glued thereto to form a continuous pocket generally indicated at l6.

A strip or band I! is secured by staples l3 and The pack is transverselyfolded as at 19, dividing the inside sections so that they arepositioned adjacent each other and the continuous pocket thereby forminga pair of pockets 20 and 2|. These pockets are held adjacent each otherby means of a strip 22 which is glued as at 23 to the interiors of theinside sections as shown in Fig. 4. A closure flap 24 is formed as acontinuation of the outside section I5 and is adapted to close theopenings to the pockets and to be retained in closed position byinsertion through the band H.

The pack or container can be used for supporting cigarettes or callingcards or the like and it will be particularly noted that the insidesection when folded provides a pair of walls between the pockets, thesewalls serve to give suflicient body to the flexible material so thatcigarettes contained within the pockets will not be crushed.

While I have shown the construction of a size particularly adapted forsupporting cigarettes it is understood that the same construction can beused for holding calling cards by reducing the width of the containerand that the pair of pockets permit different cards to be kept separatedif desired. It will be understood that various changes and modificationscan be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appendedclaim.

I claim:

A container formed of a single sheet of material bent and folded so thatthe side longitudinal edges overlap and are permanently secured togetherto form a continuous pocket, the said pocket being transversely foldedwith the opposite entrances of said pocket adjacent each other to form aplurality of pockets, the top portions of the inner sides of the pocketsadjacent the overlapped edges being recessed, a strip extending over therecessed portions for securing said pockets adjacent each other, a flapfor closing said pockets, and a band secured to the inner side andextending around one of the pockets into which said flap i inserted.

FRED GINSBERG.

